23/05/2014 | Standing Committee
"Azerbaijan will put in efforts in order to successfully continue the work carried out to reinforce the fundamental principles of the Council of Europe", the Speaker of the Milli Majlis said in Baku addressing PACE’s Standing Committee.
14/05/2014 | Standing Committee
PACE Standing Committee will meet in Baku in the context of the Azerbaijani Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers. After the opening of the meeting by PACE President, the Speaker of the Milli Mejlis will address participants.
07/03/2014 | Standing Committee
The Assembly has noted that there are still many cases of child abuse, including sexual abuse, which remain unreported and has called for information campaigns to raise public awareness of the problem.
07/03/2014 | Standing Committee
The Standing Committee expressed its full support for the territorial integrity and national unity of Ukraine and strongly condemned the violation by Russia of the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
07/03/2014 | Standing Committee
According to the Standing Committee, heritage preservation needs policies which should take into account not only the costs of conservation projects but also their contribution to economic and social development.
07/03/2014 | Standing Committee
The European Convention on Human Rights and the case-law of the Strasbourg Court should be an integral part of the basic and further training of law professionals throughout the Council of Europe area, according to PACE’s Legal Affairs Committee. Approving a report by Jean-Pierre Michel (France...
03/03/2014 | Standing Committee
A current affairs debate on the political crisis in Ukraine has been proposed to be held at the meeting of PACE’s Standing Committee scheduled on 7 March. The Standing Committee acts on PACE's behalf between plenary sessions.
22/11/2013 | Standing Committee
"Today we suffer from a real lack of recognition and visibility for the thorough work we are doing," said the PACE President this morning at the opening of a meeting of the Standing Committee in Vienna.
22/11/2013 | Standing Committee
"Since Austria joined the Council of Europe in 1956, there has been a very strong connection between our parliament and your Parliamentary Assembly," said the President of Austria's Federal Council Reinhardt Todt.
22/11/2013 | Standing Committee
"I am very well-acquainted with PACE and I want us to work together more closely,” said Michael Spindelegger, addressing the Standing Committee in Vienna, setting out the priorities of the Austrian Chairmanship for the coming six months.
22/11/2013 | Standing Committee
"Following the events after the presidential election in Belarus in 2010, the Nordic Council has suspended contact with the regime," said Marit Nybakk, President of the Nordic Council, addressing the Standing Committee in Vienna today.
22/11/2013 | Standing Committee
Europe urgently needs to draw up common standards for treating the estimated 300,000 irregular migrants and failed asylum seekers who are forced to return to their home countries every year.